Quest Atlantis
Quest Atlantis is a virtual world, where students are asked to go on quests of their choosing (there are around 600 to pick from), to produce solutions and reflections (metacognition); the completed quests most often drop into the teacher drop box where you can accept the work or return it to the student with feedback and for reworking. The whole virtual world has a social side as the kids can chat with each other from around the world, and also offers trading cards, building sites (like Sim City), designable avatars, currency (cols), and things to buy. It is also laden with positive values that relate to the IB learner profiles. It was built to teach key values and academic skills, in an inquiry based model.
Teachers are asked to do a four week online introduction to Quest Atlantis. I have found the training to be very worthwhile and gives you a sound understanding of the virtual world.
The students from GSIS grade 4 will be starting on Quest Atlantis soon.
Quest Atlantis is a virtual world, where students are asked to go on quests of their choosing (there are around 600 to pick from), to produce solutions and reflections (metacognition); the completed quests most often drop into the teacher drop box where you can accept the work or return it to the student with feedback and for reworking. The whole virtual world has a social side as the kids can chat with each other from around the world, and also offers trading cards, building sites (like Sim City), designable avatars, currency (cols), and things to buy. It is also laden with positive values that relate to the IB learner profiles. It was built to teach key values and academic skills, in an inquiry based model.
Teachers are asked to do a four week online introduction to Quest Atlantis. I have found the training to be very worthwhile and gives you a sound understanding of the virtual world.
The students from GSIS grade 4 will be starting on Quest Atlantis soon.
http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu is the Quest Atlantis Website.
http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/#61 is where you can download the Quest Atlantis Software.
http://www.bronwyn.ws/QA/ There is a lot of more of information on Bronwyn Stuckey's page. Bronwyn is the lecturer who will take you through the training.